After dating for nine months, Mainstreet Associate Editor Seth Johnson surprised Mainstreet Reporter Lillian Hamman by taking a knee on Aug. 2 and asking for her hand in marriage. Mainstreet reporters Seth Johnson and Lillian Hamman met briefly in 2024 before working together three months later in Gainesville. With the spark between Hamman and Johnson only growing stronger, Hamman broke the silence in October 2025 under the stars at Barr Park to ask Johnson if he thought they had a future dating. After checking company contracts and dating policies, Johnson asked Hamman to be his girlfriend. And soon, that shared byline will read Johnson and Johnson.